On the duty to improve the world.

[purnell]

DS mentioned this in passing a while back. Did my birth come with some kind of obligation to the rest of you?

[chezlaw]

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No, not even any obligation to yourself.

chez

[DougShrapnel]

You didn't get the memo?

[BigSoonerFan]

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Nope, you have the right to be selfish. Just don't expect any help from anyone else.

[Borodog]

Most people who feel they have a "duty" to "improve the world" only succeed in ****ing it up even worse.

[Trantor]

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DS mentioned this in passing a while back. Did my birth come with some kind of obligation to the rest of you?

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Nope, you have the right to be selfish. Just don't expect any help from anyone else.

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If you see someone in need how do you find out if they are selfish so you can decide to help or not, eg a drowning man?

Very cold charity you are offering.

[chezlaw]

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Nope, you have the right to be selfish. Just don't expect any help from anyone else.

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They're not mutually exclusive. We cooperate and treat others well because we want to, not because we have a duty to.

chez

[Darryl_P]

No, you're only supposed to help lazy people who don't take care of themselves, especially the big fat ones who buy twinkies with food stamps. I don't just mean help them buy more twinkies. You also gotta pay for their bypass operation when the twinkies clog their arteries.

[hmkpoker]

No, but some of us get a good feeling from charitable actions.

[purnell]

Yeah, I see it that way. In the case of the drowning man type scenario, it seems like people have an unconscious drive to help. Instinct?